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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2026
Filed:
May. 23, 2022
Applicant:
Murata Machinery, Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Inventor:
Takeshi Omae, Inuyama, JP;
Assignee:
MURATA MACHINERY, LTD., Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 1/04 (2006.01); B65G 1/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 1/0485 (2013.01); B65G 1/0492 (2013.01); B65G 1/065 (2013.01);
Abstract
A picking system includes a first rack including upper shelf tiers to store goods and a lower tier, a vertical conveyor to vertically convey the goods between the lower tier and one of the upper shelf tiers, a shuttle carriage adjacent to one of the upper shelf tiers and operable to travel along the shelf tier to store or retrieve the goods from the shelf tier, a picking station on or along the lower tier, and linear motor carriages adjacent to the lower tier and operable to travel along the lower tier so as to carry the goods into or out of the picking station.